Hello everyone! I am a 62 year old Welshman who has started to learn playing the guitar and i am enjoying the experience so far. I have been practicing on a Yamaha FG700MS acoustic and once i get more proficient i intend to get a Yamaha APX500 Mk3.I have learned a lot of the open chords and i'm getting better changing between different chords, speed wise. So now i have decided to try and learn barre chords. Takes quite a bit of practice and finger stretching lol but i am really focussed and intend to give it my best. Cya!

Hi Daniel and thanks for the welcome.I really enjoy practicing every day. I make sure i spend time on the open and barre chords. I am also trying to memorise the notes on the neck. Shall get there in the end, God willing lol.

Hi Fingers I was a late starter to the joy of playing guitar just like you. It changed my life, totally, keep chugging away and enjoy the journey. I started off wanting to learn to play an electric and have a well worn Squire Strat that still gets played occasionally but I play Acoustic 99% of the time now.

I think every guitar player should have a half decent Acoustic hanging around the house within easy reach of their favourite chair.

Have fun

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Johnny-English

Nice to see you are practicing well , you say you're trying to learn the notes on the finger board ! Well just by learning the notes on the bottom E then that is 2 out of the 6 string you have learnt ,as its the same on top E string just an octave higher 😀

Learning the notes on the E and A strings will give you the root notes for most of the chords you will ever really need , so for now just concentrate on those two strings 👍